360 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Oct. 



WooDSiA Ilvensis. — Montreal ; Chatham ; Wolfe's Cove, Que- 

 bec, Hon. William Sheppard ; Lachute ; Riviere du Loup en 

 bas, on rocky banks, J. G. Thomas, M.D. ; Sorel, Lady Dal- 

 housie. 



/?. gracilis. — If I have this variety, as I am disposed to think, 

 the pinnas and pinnules are both more lanceolate, and more covered 

 with chaffy scales, as mentioned by Dr. Lawson ; the stipes are also 

 not so dark in color. 



WoODSiA GLABELLA.— Montreal ? very rare; Chatham; rare, 

 at the Upper Falls of the Riviere du Loup en bas, J. Gr. 

 Thomas, M.D. 



OsMUNDA REGALis, var. /?. spcctahilis. — Montreal; Waterloo; 

 Chatham ; Lennoxville, rare ; Quebec, Hon. William Sheppard ; 

 Sorel, Lady Dalhousie, as Osmunda regalis ; Durham, Wickham, 

 and Melbourne, John A. Bothwell, B.A. I also noticed this fern 

 in the White Mountains, New Hampshire ; Portland, Maine. It 

 is common in this fern to observe a pinnule partly in fruit and 

 partly barren. 



OsMUiNDA ciNNAMOMEA.— Montreal ; Chatham; Waterloo; Len- 

 noxville ; Quebec, Hon. William Sheppard ; Sorel, Lady Dal- 

 housie ; Durham, Wickham, and Melbourne, John A. Both- 

 well, B.A.; Temiscouata, J. G. Thomas, M.D. Portland, Maine; 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire. 



Osmunda Claytoniana. — Variable in size. Montreal; 

 Lennoxville ; Waterloo ; Chatham ; Sorel, Lady Dalhousie ; Que- 

 bec, Hon. William Sheppard ; Temiscouata, J. G. Thomas, M.D. 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire ; Portland, Maine. 



BoTRYCHiUM ViRGiNicuM.- — Common. Montreal; Chatham; 

 Waterloo; Quebec, Hon. William Sheppard ; Lennoxville; Dur- 

 ham, Wickham, and Melbourne, John A. Bothwell, B.A. ; Tem- 

 iscouata, J. G. Thomas, M.D. 



y. simplex. — Montreal, July 28th, 1861 ; Quebec, Rev. Prof. 

 Brunet ; Temiscouata, rare, near the sea-shore, J. G. Thomas, M.D. 



BoTRYCHiUM LUNARioiDES. — Rather rare. Montreal ; Sorel, 

 Lady Dalhousie, as B./icmarioides ; Quebec, Hon. William Shep- 

 pard, rare; Durham, Wickham, and Melbourne, John A. Both- 

 well, B.A. 



My specimens hardly agree with Dr. Lawson's division of this 

 fern. One, with barren branch bi-pinnate and fertile branch bi- 

 almost tri-pinnate, would appear to agree with B. lunarioides ; 

 another with a large, tri-pinnate fertile frond, agrees in this respect 



